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Graduate Student Research

Hands-on learning is encouraged during a trip to Hawaii.
"Hands-on" research during Hawaii field trip.



Education at the Dept of Earth and Space Sciences comes in many forms, both in the classroom and through careful "hands-on" research out in the field. But this is really just a bunch of filler text to be replaced by something more meaningful sometime soon.


Contents :

ESS Faculty and Research Facilities
Certificate Programs
Centers of Study
Affiliate Departments at UW


ESS Faculty and Research Facilities       back to top

Areas of faculty research and laboratory facilities for the Department of Earth and Space Sciences.


Certificate Programs       back to top

Graduate students enrolled in degree programs in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences may participate in certificate programs in these areas:

Global and Environmental Chemistry Program
Program in Astrobiology
Program on Climate Change
Program on the Environment


Centers of Study       back to top

These research centers are affiliated to the Department of Earth and Space Sciences:

Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO)
Pacific Northwest Center for Geologic Mapping
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Quaternary Research Center
WA NASA Space Grant
W.M. Keck Remote Sensing and Planetary Sciences Lab


Affiliate Departments at the University of Washington       back to top

The Department of Earth and Space Sciences works closely with other departments.

Applied Math
Applied Physics Lab
Astronomy
Atmospheric Sciences
The Burke Museum
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Oceanography
Physics




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